Guest Essayist: Juliette Turner
Richard M. Nixon: Thirty-Seventh President of the United States
Nickname: Red Hunter
Terms in Office: 1969-1973; 1973-1974
Fast Stats
- Born January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California
- Parents: Francis Antony and Hannah Milhous Nixon
- Died April 22, 1994, in New York, New York; age 81
- Age upon Start of First Term: 56; Age upon Conclusion of First Term: 60
- Age upon Start of Second Term: 60; Age upon Conclusion of Second Term: 61
- Religious Affiliation: Quaker
- Political Party: Republican
- Height: 5 feet 11.5 inches
- Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew (1969-1973) and Gerald R. Ford (1973-1974)
Bottom Line:
Most of Nixon’s successes came from international policy: his treaty with the Soviet Union, his negotiation to open trade with the People’s Republic of China, and his attempts to conclude the Vietnam War. In 174, a year into his second term, Nixon resigned to avoid the humiliation of impeachment after the infamous Watergate Scandal.